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jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the n.f.l. is already playing under a new spotlight on concussions. days before the season began, the league agreed to a $765 million settlement with 4,500 former players. they'd charged that owners concealed information on the effects of repeated head injuries. that history was the focus of a pbs "frontline" investigation that aired earlier this month on the links between head injuries and brain disease. now, a new study explores the risks for athletes well before they reach their college and professional years. the report by the institute of medicine-- a non-profit, independent organization-- focuses on sports-related concussions in youth, from elementary school through adolescence. one member of the panel, dr. frederick rivara-- of the university of washington school of medicine-- pointed to a key problem: the lack of data for this age group. >> there's essentially nothing known about concussions in elementary school and middle aged kids. and that's really why there's a need for more research
jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the n.f.l. is already playing under a new spotlight on concussions. days before the season began, the league agreed to a $765 million settlement with 4,500 former players. they'd charged that owners concealed information on the effects of repeated head injuries. that history was the focus of a pbs "frontline" investigation that aired earlier this month on the links between head injuries and brain disease. now, a new study explores the risks...
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:. >> brown: there are caveats. a number of caveats. tell us what we don't know about these planets and whether they're, in fact, suitable for life? hfrjts this is the $464 million question. do these planets that orbit their stars in orbits that remind us of the earth, the size of the earth, do they actually have liquid water? do they have lakes and oceans within which the biochemistry of life could flourish? do they have atmospheres that are conducive to life? do these planets have a moon that might stabilize the spin of their planets? so there could be properties of planets that render them suitable for life that we don't even know about. >> brown: and, of course, they're rather far away, right? so it's going to be hard to verify? >> well, one tragedy is that the stars we've been surveying are a thousand light years away. even traveling like that "voyager" spacecraft, it would take millions of years to get there. but the key is if one in five stars has an earth-like planet you only have to travel out a few light y
:. >> brown: there are caveats. a number of caveats. tell us what we don't know about these planets and whether they're, in fact, suitable for life? hfrjts this is the $464 million question. do these planets that orbit their stars in orbits that remind us of the earth, the size of the earth, do they actually have liquid water? do they have lakes and oceans within which the biochemistry of life could flourish? do they have atmospheres that are conducive to life? do these planets have a...
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jeffrey brown gets the latest. >> brown: the day started with testimony from kevyn orr, the city's emergency manager. then for three hours, michigan governor rick snyder, who appointed orr, took the stand. it's the first time in modern state history a governor testified in court, and he faced a series of questions from the unions and retirees about whether the state and the city really did all they could do to avoid moving into bankruptcy. christy mcdonald of detroit public television was in the courtroom today, and joins me now. welcome to you. but first remind us briefly the issue in this trial is whether the city can go ahead with its bankruptcy process, right? >> right. it has to prove that it's insolvent and that's what they are seek for bankruptcy protection right now. but what the opposition wants to know is did detroit actually negotiate in good faith before they filed for bankruptcy. >> brown: all right, so today you heard from governor rick snyder, what were the lawyers opposing him arguing and what was his response? >> well, jeffrey, it was far from the typical day at bankruptcy c
jeffrey brown gets the latest. >> brown: the day started with testimony from kevyn orr, the city's emergency manager. then for three hours, michigan governor rick snyder, who appointed orr, took the stand. it's the first time in modern state history a governor testified in court, and he faced a series of questions from the unions and retirees about whether the state and the city really did all they could do to avoid moving into bankruptcy. christy mcdonald of detroit public television was...
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jeffrey brown has our book conversation. the. >> brown: the trouble of poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry, more guppys crowding the fish tank. lines from billy collins, former poet laureate and one of the nation's best known poets. his new collection is titled "aimless love: new and selected poems "from his work of the last decade. welcome to you. >> thank you very much, jeff. >> brown: i thought i would sfrel a blur northbound this book. alice fulton writes "billy collins put the fun back in profundity." are you consciously aiming for fun? are you constantly aiming for pro fund any what are you doing? >> well, there's a lot of unconscious activity that goes on in the composition of a poem so i can't -- i can't picture myself starting out aiming to do anything, having much of an agenda. i think in writing a poem i'm making some tonal adjustments and it took me a long time to allow anything like fun into my poetry. >> brown: it did? >> well, i thought originally when i was in school and i wanted to be a p
jeffrey brown has our book conversation. the. >> brown: the trouble of poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry, more guppys crowding the fish tank. lines from billy collins, former poet laureate and one of the nation's best known poets. his new collection is titled "aimless love: new and selected poems "from his work of the last decade. welcome to you. >> thank you very much, jeff. >> brown: i thought i would sfrel a blur northbound this book. alice...
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this constitutes a cut of about of about one half of 1%. >> brown: are you suggesting people will not feel this right away? >> i'm suggesting very few people get food stamps alone and therefore you have to look at the overall package of assistance that they get which is closer to $27,000 to $30,000 a year. in that context this type of restraint is less alarming than if you just look at food stamps alone. very few families get food stamps alone. >> we are now talking about $1.40 per person per meal. and whereas the snap allotment could have lasted for three weeks because of this reduction in a household's monthly expenditure for food, emergency food providers will be seeing people coming in earlier in the month needing assistance. snap only goes for food purchases. >> brown: what about his larger argument that it has to be seen -- even though it's only for food purchases, it has to be seen within this larger safety net. >> well, i think what happened was is that the recession dragged on longer than people anticipated and for low income people they've been slower to see the rebound in t
this constitutes a cut of about of about one half of 1%. >> brown: are you suggesting people will not feel this right away? >> i'm suggesting very few people get food stamps alone and therefore you have to look at the overall package of assistance that they get which is closer to $27,000 to $30,000 a year. in that context this type of restraint is less alarming than if you just look at food stamps alone. very few families get food stamps alone. >> we are now talking about...
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jeffrey brown will have more on the red sox's victory later in the program. also ahead on the "newshour": outrage over the n.s.a. tapping into servers for google and yahoo, plus spying on asia; dismantling syria's chemical weapons program; the recent wave of violence in iraq; senator susan collins on the future of the republican party and abraham lincoln's foreign policy. >> ifill: newly published information leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden is reinforcing the notion that u.s. spying spreads wide and goes deep. the latest bombshell, partly denied by the obama administration, appears in the "washington post." it says u.s. intelligence agencies have gained access to hundreds of millions of google and yahoo user accounts by secretly tapping into company data centers. late today, six top tech companies-- yahoo, google, aol, apple, microsoft and facebook-- sent a letter to congress, calling for enhanced privacy protections. barton gellman broke the story for "the washington post." welcome, bart gellman, how are you? welcome to the newshour. what is t
jeffrey brown will have more on the red sox's victory later in the program. also ahead on the "newshour": outrage over the n.s.a. tapping into servers for google and yahoo, plus spying on asia; dismantling syria's chemical weapons program; the recent wave of violence in iraq; senator susan collins on the future of the republican party and abraham lincoln's foreign policy. >> ifill: newly published information leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden is reinforcing the...
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jeff is back with the story. >> brown: the report is unequivocal. it is as that over the last decade military and civilian physicians, nurses and psychologists violated ethical codes under orders from the military and the cia. it says they designed and participated in quote cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment to prisoners at guantanamo an other detention sites. among alleged practices, advising interrogaters be using sleep deprivation an other methods to disorient detainees, using medical information such as phobias for interrogation purposes. and force feeding of hunger striking detainees. the group says the ethical breaches took place under both the george w. bush and obama administrations. the cia and the defense department denied the findings. in an e-mail to the newshour a pentagon spokesman wrote it is the policy of the department to protect the life and health of detainees by humane and appropriate clinical needs. and in accordance with all applicable law and policy. in addition to seeking that response from the pentagon we canned an offi
jeff is back with the story. >> brown: the report is unequivocal. it is as that over the last decade military and civilian physicians, nurses and psychologists violated ethical codes under orders from the military and the cia. it says they designed and participated in quote cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment to prisoners at guantanamo an other detention sites. among alleged practices, advising interrogaters be using sleep deprivation an other methods to disorient detainees, using...
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finally got the gang together: maple brown sugar, strawberry, blueberry. yeah, a little family reunion. strawberry, your whole grains are showing. ooops! [ female announcer ] try frosted mini-wheats hot or cold. in 8 delicious flavors. [ female announcer ] try frosted mini-wheats hot or cold. imany cold medicines may raisee your blood pressure. that's why there's coricidin hbp it relieves cold symptoms without raising blood pressure. so look for powerful cold medicine with a heart. coricidin hbp. >>> our "instant index" starts with that unforgettable voice taking the world by storm tonight. you heard it before the break. look at this tonight. she's 9 years old. when she steps on stage, this is what happens. ♪ >> the judges in disbelief, the rest of us today. her performance now viewed 2 million times. she's self-taught. >>> it's halloween and who doesn't love a scary movie. which is the scariest of all. they monitored heart rates as we watched scary movies. the top three, nightmare on elm street, the exorcist and the number one scariest movie, the shinin
finally got the gang together: maple brown sugar, strawberry, blueberry. yeah, a little family reunion. strawberry, your whole grains are showing. ooops! [ female announcer ] try frosted mini-wheats hot or cold. in 8 delicious flavors. [ female announcer ] try frosted mini-wheats hot or cold. imany cold medicines may raisee your blood pressure. that's why there's coricidin hbp it relieves cold symptoms without raising blood pressure. so look for powerful cold medicine with a heart. coricidin...
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joe brown, technology editor at "wired," amateur photographer, professional critic, knows exactly how best to capture that moment. >> people are getting better, which is nice because my facebook feed doesn't look so terrible anymore. >> reporter: the most common mistake? >> using the flash. like, if you want to make your subject look like a vampire, by all means, shine a giant, ultra white light in their face. >> reporter: also, use those lines. turn on that grid you didn't even know was there. straighten things up. >> nothing kills a photograph more than it being crooked. >> reporter: and be mindful of composition. use those gridlines to place your subjects along its intersections. professionals call it the rule of thirds. and finally, be alive to the moments around you. freeze some beauty. capture what used to be gone in an instant, but now lingers, alive, in photographer nation. and the 4.4 trillion photographs that now exist to tell your story. john donvan, abc news, new york. >> thank to jon john for a good photographer fee course. send us your photos. you can share them an flick
joe brown, technology editor at "wired," amateur photographer, professional critic, knows exactly how best to capture that moment. >> people are getting better, which is nice because my facebook feed doesn't look so terrible anymore. >> reporter: the most common mistake? >> using the flash. like, if you want to make your subject look like a vampire, by all means, shine a giant, ultra white light in their face. >> reporter: also, use those lines. turn on that...
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researchers at brown university found that even friends of friends breaking up can pave the way to the divorce court. in other words, divorce is socially contagious. >> if there was a vaccine, it would feel like a sharp stick in the eye. >> at number four, how long will you be married? take a look at your face, facebook. facebook social scientist. yeah, there is a thing such as facebook social scientist. you can tell how long a couple will stay together based on the number of friend they have. >> my wife and i talked about it and we share. >> those who list themselves as married or in a relationship and studied their friends list, the more mutual friend, the longer the relationship will last. the logic, people who introduce their partners to more of their friends usually stay together. at number five, turns out 4g may stand for ga ga goo goo. new research shows more than a third of kids from age 2 are using a smart phone or tablet. yeah, you heard that right. under two. >> just a man and his thoughts. and smart phone. >> according to common sense media, those little kids are doing ever
researchers at brown university found that even friends of friends breaking up can pave the way to the divorce court. in other words, divorce is socially contagious. >> if there was a vaccine, it would feel like a sharp stick in the eye. >> at number four, how long will you be married? take a look at your face, facebook. facebook social scientist. yeah, there is a thing such as facebook social scientist. you can tell how long a couple will stay together based on the number of friend...
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. >> reporter: despite all of those concerns, mark brown is now working with oil and gas companies that are fracking in pennsylvania. brownstein says the environmental group isn't in favor of fracking but it is in favor of using more natural gas as an alternative to coal because gas is cleaner. a new report by the environmental protection agency says that u.s. power plants have recently cut their total greenhouse gas emissions by more than 6%. mostly because so many have switched from coal to gas. brownstein believes natural gas is the fossil fuel we should be using until we get our energy from renewable resources like wind and solar power. >> that's what we want but we also understand that it's going to take some time to get there. and the question is, what do you do in the meantime? >> so a little over two years ago the environmental defense fund started to talk to the companies fracking for gas in pennsylvania. the ones that so many other environmentalists see as the enemy. >> and in order to make change, you have to take the time to learn their industry, learn their concerns and be
. >> reporter: despite all of those concerns, mark brown is now working with oil and gas companies that are fracking in pennsylvania. brownstein says the environmental group isn't in favor of fracking but it is in favor of using more natural gas as an alternative to coal because gas is cleaner. a new report by the environmental protection agency says that u.s. power plants have recently cut their total greenhouse gas emissions by more than 6%. mostly because so many have switched from...